inflexio

Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /inˈflek.si.oː/, [ĩːˈfɫ̪ɛks̠ioː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /inˈflek.si.o/, [iɱˈflɛksio]

Noun

īnflexiō f (genitive īnflexiōnis); third declension

  1. bending, curving
  2. modification, adaption

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative īnflexiō īnflexiōnēs
Genitive īnflexiōnis īnflexiōnum
Dative īnflexiōnī īnflexiōnibus
Accusative īnflexiōnem īnflexiōnēs
Ablative īnflexiōne īnflexiōnibus
Vocative īnflexiō īnflexiōnēs

Descendants
  • → English: inflection
  • → French: inflexion
  • → Italian: inflessione
  • → Portuguese: inflexão
  • → Sicilian: nfrissiuni
  • → Spanish: inflexión

References
  • “inflexio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “inflexio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • inflexio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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